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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Oldtown Fireside Stories](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnnjvpsvtgxdj8wybx4tzxt/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20260913%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20260913T150902Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=fc25b5e1a18301dcb34914f5750bac03f8f7ed80f04b20ad369b41da7160b0e9) ## About this work Oldtown Fireside Stories by Harriet Beecher Stowe — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside OLDTOWN FIRESIDE STORIES. By Harriet Beecher Stowe. BOSTON: JAMES R. OSGOOD & COMPANY 1872. CONTENTS THE GHOST IN THE MILL THE SULLIVAN LOOKING-GLASS. THE MINISTER'S HOUSEKEEPER. THE WIDOW'S BANDBOX. CAPTAIN KIDD'S MONEY. “MIS' ELDERKIN'S PITCHER.” THE GHOST IN THE CAP'N BROWNHOUSE. ILLUSTRATIONS Titlepage Frontispiece The Ghost in the Mill, Page 001 Old Cack Knew Him Too, Page 020 Tailpiece, Page 024 The Sullivan Looking-glass, Page 025 Tailpiece, Page 052 The Minister's Housekeeper, Page 053 Huldy Came Behind Chokin' With Laugh, Page 065 I've Thrown the Pig in The Well, Page 070 Tailpiece, Page 078 The Widow's Bandbox, Page 079 Tailpiece, Page 102 Captain Kidd's Money, Page 108 They Dug Down About Five Feet, Page 119 Mis' Elderkin's Pitcher, Page 122 Ghost in Cap'n Brown House, Page 139 Stood There Lookin' Right at Cinthy, Page 149 THE GHOST IN THE MILL “Come, Sam, tell us a story,” said I, as Harry and I crept to his knees, in the glow of the bright evening firelight; while Aunt Lois was busily rattling the tea-things, and grandmamma, at the other end of the fireplace, was quietly setting the heel of a blue-mixed yarn stocking. In those days we had no magazines and daily papers, each reeling off a serial story. Once a week, “The Columbian Sentinel” came from Boston with its slender stock of news and editorial; but all the multiform devices—pictorial, narrative, and poetical—which keep the mind of the present generation ablaze with excitement, had not then even an existence. There was no theatre, no opera; there were in Oldtown no parties or balls, except, perhaps, the annual election, or Thanksgiving festival; and when winter came, and the sun went down at half-past four o'clock, and left the long, dark hours of evening to be provided for, the necessity of amusement became… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Foldtown-fireside-stories) The sample continues in the full work. [ #classic ](/search?query=classic) [ #public-domain ](/search?query=public-domain) [ #library ](/search?query=library) ## Reviews No reviews yet. Be the first to share your thoughts. 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